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A comment on Oracle’s Java 11 trap. Parent comment

Re:Oracle’s Java 11 trap by marcolussetti on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @11:19AM (#18076825)
Not a lawyer, but my assumption is that the clause state you can develop an application, but cannot run it in production/sell it.
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Re:Oracle’s Java 11 trap by posterboy on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @03:36PM (#18079484)
Easy loophole, infinite open beta, continuous integration, rolling release. At which point, with which release would it turn from beta to commercial full gold master? Slippery Slope that. A better wording would be "if you make money, we want a cut, or you get a cut, got it?"
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Re:Oracle’s Java 11 trap by doodpants on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @11:30AM (#18076946)
Not a lawyer either, but the license says that the "Programs" (meaning the JDK) may only be used for these purposes. Once I write my application, it will be running on the JRE, not the JDK.
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Re:Oracle’s Java 11 trap by grogenaut on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @12:02PM (#18077305)
Iirc there is no jre in 11, just jdk, also Oracle is not dumb they likely have a clause covering your "loophole". Finally why would you develop on Oracle jdk and run on open. Seems like an easy way to get bugs.
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Re:Oracle’s Java 11 trap by doodpants on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @12:54PM (#18077874)
Ah. I wasn't aware there was no separate JRE.
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